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  Sir Harry Lauder
Harry Lauder was born on 4th August 1870 at no 3 Bridge Street, Portobello, near Edinburgh, the eldest of eight children.
Lauder wished to be involved in the war work but when he was deemed too old to be sent to the trenches, he suggested that he should sing to the boys in the trenches, an idea at first scorned.
Lauder's last stage appearance was at a concert in the Gorbals to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the local Rover Scout Group in 1947.
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 Sir Harry Lauder - Biography - AOL Music
Harry Lauder was one of the first international superstars in entertainment, and was the highest-paid entertainer in the glory days of the English music hall.
Lauder was one of the first popular entertainers with a legitimate stage background to recognize the publicity value of mass media.
Lauder appeared on cylinders made by Pathé and Edison and on disc for the companies G&T, Zonophone, and HMV in the United Kingdom and Victor in the United States.
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 Harry Lauder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry’s great-grandfather, George Lauder (1776-1824), had been born at Morham in East Lothian, and was the tenant farmer at Inverleith Mains (now the Royal Botanical Gardens (Edinburgh), and a local landholder in nearby Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
Sir Harry’s only child, John (b.1891), had attended the City of London School and Jesus College, Cambridge University, and was destined for a career in law.
Sir Harry Lauder is frequently mentioned today in a wide variety of programmes, and the Scottish education authorities encourage Scottish dancing to some of his tunes.
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 Sir Harry Lauder
Harry's mother was determined that his schooling should continue beyond the elementary stage, so in order to attend the next school, Harry took a part-time job at the nearby flax mill, which also assisted the large family's income (there were eight children).
Sir Harry's only child, John, was called up during the war and as Captain John Lauder of the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiment, was eventually killed at Poiziers in France on 26th December 1916.
Harry Lauder was knighted in January 1919 by King George V and later Winston Churchill referred to him as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador".
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 Sir Harry Lauder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sir Harry Lauder, the popular singer and entertainer, who won international renown, was born at Number 4 Bridge Street, Portobello.
As a boy Lauder worked in a flax-spinning mill in Arbroath, where he attended school, and for a time he was a miner.
Be that as it may, Lauder was just as popular in his own country as he was in England and innumerable countries overseas.
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 A Celebration of Sir Harry Lauder
Harry Lauder singer, song writer, comedian (wearing a kilt and carrying a crooked, knobby stick) was on his way up the ladder to international fame.
Sir Harry turned to his faithful niece Greta Lauder daughter of his brother Alick to run his household which she did with quiet and gracious dignity.
Sir Harry, Lady Lauder love of your husband's life, John the joy of your parents and Greta devoted niece and guardian angel, this website is for you.
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 At Home
Harry Lauder's silver-mounted sporran was auctioned with the contents of Lauder Ha' in May 1966, and again in August 2002 at Bonham's in Edinburgh, where it sold for £1,200.
Sir Harry, with a large oil portrait (7'3"x4'2") of his son, Captain John Lauder, painted in 1915 by well-known Scottish artist Cowan Dobson (1858-1929).
Sir Harry in the "sitting room" at Lauder Ha' with the Weber walnut piano upon which he wrote many of his famous songs.
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 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON SIR HARRY LAUDER
Harry’s father did his apprenticeship in the Portobello pottery, which itself was of some note, and was held in some considerable repute.
Harry’s mother’s brother, Alexander (Sandy) was working in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, where there was enormous industrial activity at that time and towards the end of the decade Isabella, encouraged by her brother, moved to Hamilton where the three eldest lads, Harry, Matthew and John obtained work in the local coal mines.
Sir Harry was unexpectedly interred not with his wife at Glenbranter, but with his mother, and brother George, in Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, after that town’s most memorable funeral ever.
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 Sir Henry Lauder
Harry Lauder was born on 4 August 1870 in Portobello.
Lauder kept to this throughout his career, using the occasional Scots word for spice, and plenty morethat were easily understandable such as "weel", "laddie" and "braw." His recordings testify to his exceedingly clear diction, and his immense popularity in England and abroad, as well as in Scotland, proves just how much his decision paid off.
Harry Lauder was in many ways an ambassador for Scotland, an easily identifiable Scottish figure in his kilt and abundant tartan, but he was also a versatile performer, well capable of portraying an old woman or a young boy or playing in pantomime.
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 Harry Lauder, His Life & Music
Sir Harry Lauder was first, ever and always a Scot but for a significant period, his music and style was all the rage in America, as well as many other parts of the world.
Lauder was fortunate to have developed his talents during the heyday of the English music hall mania that swept the UK from around 1900 to World War I. Although the music hall tradition continues today, during that earlier period music halls dominated the musical scene and virtually every town and village boasted music hall activities.
Lauder had also been given permission to entertain the troops, no matter where they may be and Lauder took full advantage of the permission to go straight to the front and entertain right in the trenches much to the consternation of the War Office who assumed that he would perform at behind the lines bases.
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 Scottish music from Harry Lauder
Harry Lauder was one of the first international superstars in the world of entertainment, and was the highest-paid performer in the glory days of the music hall.
Sir Harry wrote most of his own songs, favourites of which were "Roamin in the Gloamin'", "I Love a Lassie", "A Wee Deoch-an-Doris", and the poignant "Keep Right on to the End of the Road" (written in the aftermath of the death of his son).
Sir Harry spent his last years at his Strathaven, Lanarkshire, mansion, Lauder Ha' (Hall), and died there in February 1950.
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 Harry Lauder
Now largely forgotten, in the early to mid 1900's Sir Harry Lauder was one of the most famous entertainers in the world.
Harry Lauder was knighted by King George in 1919.
Sir Harry appeared in dozens of films and newsreels during the "silent" and "sound" era.
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 Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950) was the most successful star of the English music halls in the first quarter of the twentieth century
When Sir Harry Lauder and wife were guests of Henry Ford in late 1915, they expressed admiration for the latest product of the Detroit works.
Arthur Harry Briggs of Bradford, but was AK2216 when purchased by Sir Harry Lauder who must of changed it to RK406 while living in Tooting, London.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Sir Harry Lauder
Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950) was a British entertainer who proved highly popular throughout the English speaking world both before, during and after World War One.
Born on 4 August 1870 in Edinburgh, Lauder's early career was spent working in a coalmine before he joined a concert party bound for Belfast.
A "pal's battalion" was comprised of soldiers raised in the same locality with the promise they would serve with their friends for the duration of the war.
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 The War Poets at Craiglockhart
Lauder hired a band of one hundred pipers to travel with him through Scotland in order to recruit soldiers for World War I. His only child, a son named John, was killed in Poiziers in France in December 1916.
Harry and his wife, Ann (known as Nance) were heartbroken and in an effort to deal with his grief, Lauder tried to sign up but was refused on the grounds of his age.
When he saw the injured and disabled soldiers in the war hospitals, Lauder pledged to donate some of his concert profits to a fund that would supplement their meagre government payments when they returned to civilian life.
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 Sir Harry Lauder
John's death was broken to Harry Lauder while he was appearing at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
Along with the scrapbook, there were pictures of her and John, Harry and his wife, and other family items including a book of poems from Lady Lauder.
Mildred lived in London almost all her life and learned of Erskine Hospital through Sir Harry, who had visited it many times and who was full of praise for its work.
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 Harry Lauder Books
Sir Harry bares his soul, telling of his love for his son and the great devastation that he and his wife endured after learning that John had been killed in battle on December 28, 1916.
Harry recounts his visits to the "front lines" in France where he performed for the troops, often with enemy aircraft overhead and the sound of artillery in the near distance.
Harry Lauder's gift for composing lyrics and melodies is matched by his gift for the written word.
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 Sir Harry - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sir Harry - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Sir Harry, racehorse, winner of the 1798 Epsom Derby.
Godwin, Sir Harry (1901-1985), British ecologist and pollen analyst, at the forefront of the development of Quaternary palaeoecology, the...
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 Folklore Tribute to Sir Harry Lauder.
Harry Lauder's talent as a folk singer, song writer, and comedian was first noticed when he worked as a coal miner.
For Harry Lauder's service to his country and the troops, King George knighted him.
Sir Harry Lauder is remembered for folk songs such as Roamin' in the Gloamin' (below) and I Love a Lassie.
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 Plant Origins Harry Lauder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This small booklet written by Dr. Charles L. Allen for the Foundation for Christian Living describes in detail what each verse of this psalm actually means and gives examples of various people, some well known, others not so well known and how this psalm has had a positive affect on their lives.
Harry Lauder (1914-1950) was born in Portobello, Scotland.
In honor of his national service and in recognition of his contributions in entertainment, Harry Lauder was knighted in 1919 and in 1927 received the Freedom of Edinburgh.
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 Lauder, Harry, Sir Albums and LauderHarrySir Pictures & music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The holidays and only you: in concert dvd/live cd combo pack connick wins emmy for only you: in concert and receives american music award nomination for favorite adult contemporary artist.
A wonderful story teller and this album is full of harry's stories and sung live.
Just completed his first cd release entitled “harry t.
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SIR HARRY LAUDER 78 There is Somebody Waiting for
Sir Harry Lauder/Great Voices of the Century/Ember LP
SIR HARRY LAUDER & THE STANLEY COTTON MILL LASSIES 1934
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 AllRefer.com - Sir Harry Lauder (Music: Popular And Jazz, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Sir Harry Lauder, Music: Popular And Jazz, Biographies
Sir Harry Lauder[lO´dur] Pronunciation Key, 1870–1950, Scottish baritone.
Lauder was popular for his singing of ballads and comic songs, many of his own composition.
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 Overview of Sir Harry Lauder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Lauder came from a poor family to become a world-famous entertainer.
Known also for his crooked walking stick, Lauder was well loved at home and in North America for songs such as "Roamin' in the Gloamin", "Keep Right on to the End of the Road" and "A wee Doch an Dorus".
Lauder was knighted in 1919, he received the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh (1927) and is remembered in the modern Portobello bypass, the Sir Harry Lauder Road.
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 SIR HARRY LAUDER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
What can you say about a performer who may be the most famous entertainer from Scotland of the 20th century.
Sir Harry Lauder made hundreds of recordings from 1904 to 1950.
You may have some of his old 79's in your basement.(we certainly do - we have nothing to play them on, but we don't want to give them up).
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 Sir Harry Lauder Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
Sir Harry Lauder was the most successful star of the English music halls in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Scotland's image in the world today owes much to the caricature presented by Harry Lauder's stage performances.
They were tender letters, and beautiful letters, most of them, and letters to make proud and glad, as well as sad, the heart of the man to whom they were written....
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 The Harry Lauder Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This page is dedicated to the memory of Sir Harry Lauder, who died on the 26th day of February in the year 1950.
Sir Harry was one of the most highly paid and successful Vaudeville
This year, 1999 I was proud to have been interviewed by the BBC Radio Scotland on the 129th Anniversary of Sir Harry's Birth.
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 Amazon.com: Roamin' in the Gloamin: Music: Sir Harry Lauder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As a Scot whose family has long been in America, a thin thread of connection with the auld country came by way of the 78s of Harry Lauder singing in his Scots brogue.
Given Lauder's exemplary diction and the clear recordings, song texts are simply not needed.
It is said that Winston Churchill played Lauder's recording of 'The End of the Road' over and over during the darkest days of World War II.
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